By Peter Haden Photographer Johanne Rahaman gets out a lot. “Liberty City. Pahokee. Fort Pierce. Jacksonville…” Rahaman began, as she rattled off a list of communities she’s photographed, “West Palm Beach. Pleasant City. Brownsville. Carroll City…” The list goes on.…
By Phillip Valys Not long after she embedded herself within Pompano Beach’s black community, photographer Johanne Rahaman was invited to a 115-year-old grandmother’s birthday party. There, at a rental hall in Pompano’s Old Town neighborhood, she witnessed a Haitian ritual…
By Andrew Boryga Halfway through Barry Jenkins’s heartrending film “Moonlight,” the young protagonist, Chiron, is asked by his mother, an addict, for money to fuel her drug habit. The two are standing in their small two-story home, one of many…
By Antonia Farzan Growing up in Trinidad, Johanne Rahaman didn’t realize she was poor. “It was idyllic,” she says. “I had all these friends whose homes I would just walk into. If we didn’t have food, I could go to…
By artist Johanne Rahaman The exhibit will be open starting February 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. the Bailey Contemporary Arts gallery Johanne Rahaman is an emerging documentary photographer, working in both digital and film formats since 2002. Her latest work, Black Florida,…